Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger Boston, Massachusetts Little, Brown Books July, 1951 a. Catcher in the Rye takes place in New York during the 1950’s, first at haughty private school and then in New York City. This setting is important because the events that occur here could only happen in a large city, and if they didn’t, Holden wouldn’t be so compelled to go home. b. The protagonist of this novel is …showed first 75 words of 873 total…

…showed last 75 words of 873 total…mistake and struggles with it, but he can’t bring himself to face the consequences and go home. J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye shows a teenager growing up and making the mistakes that all teenagers make along the way. His mistakes might have been specific to his situation, but they are the kind of errors every person makes. Growing up is inevitable, just as the mistakes that one makes along the way.